Federal Judicial Service:Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitNominated by George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by Bobby Ray Baldock. Confirmed by the Senate on December 6, 2001, and received commission on December 10, 2001.

Education:Harvard College, A.B., 1967Harvard Law School, J.D., 1972

Professional Career:Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Mexico, 1972-1975Assistant professor of law, University of Illinois College of Law, 1976New Mexico Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Commission, 1976-1979; counsel, 1976-1977; executive director, 1977-1979Private practice, New Mexico, 1979-1988, 1999-2001Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 1988-1999

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, June 21, 2001; no Senate vote